Cable-connecting device



:35 line Patented May 18, 1926.

UNITED STATES "PAT noms M. salmon, on Burma, wnsnmero'n.

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Application filed August 10, 1925. .Serial No. 49,338.

seats against a flat shoulder withinthat This invention relates toimprovements incable connecting devices and more particu-- larly todevices of that character adapted for use in logging operations forconnecting I thechoker cables the haul-in orl butt lines; the devicesbeing intended for use in the place of the commonly used-bull hooks.

It. is an object of the invention to provide a cable connecting deviceof the character above stated, in the form ofa metal link that may, whenit is so desired, be readily disconnected from the. choker line, butwhich, due to its construction and the relation of parts which retainsthe endsof the cables therein, positively prevents a disconnection whenin functional use. 1 Another object is to provided a cable conhectingdevice that is externally smooth. and free from any projecting partsthat would render it more undesirable for use. I

Other'objectsfreside in the various details of construction andcombination of parts as is hereinafter described.- l In accomplishingthe objects of the invention, I have .provided the improved details ofconstruction, the preferred forms of which areillustrated in theaccompanying drawing, wherein- I I Figure 1 is a 'side view of a cablecon- 'necting device "embodied by the present in.-

vention. I v Figure 2 is a'sectional view of the same taken on the line2--2 of Figure 1.,

Figure 3 is a horizontal section .on the 33 in Figure 2. Figure 4 is ahorizontal section on line 44 in Figure 2. f v

Figure 5 is a vertical section of a hook of modified form. I V 7Referring more in detail to the drawings-'- The device, hereinafterreferred to as a hook, in its referred form of construction, consists ofa lock or linkl of forged metal, substantially of cylindrical outlineandslightly tapered at its ends so as to present a smooth external surfacethatwill not catch on brush or timber through which itmay I be drawn.Atthe upper end of the link, (referring to .itasj shown in thedrawings), 0 is an axial opening 2 through which the end of the wirerope or. cable 3, which log l ngoperations, is termed the haul-in1ine,0.r I utt line, is extended and secured against dis-. placement bymeans of a'cylindrical ferrule 5 4 permanently fixed on its end. Whenthereis any tension or pull on the cable the ferrule.

end of the link- Thatend of the-hook which contains the end of cable 3and ferrule 4 is provided with a side opening 6, which may be" termedcient width and length that the ferrulemay be displaced from the hooktherethrough and moved to the position in which it is shown in dottedlines in Figure 2. At the side opposite the opening 6, the hook ispartially closed by a cross web 7 provided i with a slot 8 that leadsinto .the opening 2 and which extends downwardly in the web below theshoulder 5 so as to permit the cable 3 to be swung laterally and. downsothat'the ferrule 4 may be displaced from the hook. I I I In the lowerend of the hook is an axial opening 10 through which the end of thechoker cable 11 is extended; this cable being provided with .a ferrule12 secured on its end. and adapted to seat against a flat shoulder 13within that end of the link.

.That side of the hook below the web 7 is open so that the end of the,cable 11. and ferrule 12 may be removed th'e'rethrol'lgh and at theopposite side of the hook there is the entrance'opening and which is ofsufii- I 'wardly to substantially a horizontal position I lower end ofentrance opening 6 with the base opening 10 so as to permit the cable 11to be swung laterally and upwardly so that the ferrule may be removedfrom the hook through the opening 6. i

To use the hook in loggingfoperations,

the link I is first attached to the haul-in line 3; .this being done byinsertin the end of-the cable through the slot 8 an I opening 6 and-thenfixing the ferrule 4 thereon.

.The choker cable with ferrule 12 fixed on its end is first securedabout the log and the ferrule, then seated in the end of the hook; thisbeing done by first turnin the link upwardly or by drawing the-ca le 3downwardl as indicated in Figure 2, so that the ca 1e may be shiftedlaterall and the ferrule unseated and moved outsi e-the link. Theferrule 12 .is then inserted into the hook throulgll; the? opening "6below ferruleet. .andt cable .11 swung downfvyardlythrough' slot 14 soas to seat the ferrule on shoulder 13.

- It is a be observed by referring to Fig-' 1 and 2;that, whenthe isinuse,-

- adjacent each other and this prevents the vent disconnection of thecable 11. Theonly'way possible to releasethe cablell is to manuallydisplace the ferruled enlargeunsea-ting of the ferrule 12 and release-ofthe choker line. It is a positive lock and cannot be released except byfirst slackening the cable 3 and shifting the ferrule 4 from the hook. aa

' In Figure 5, Ihave shown an alternative construction thatissubstantially the same as that previously described except the body ofthe hook is lengthened and opening 6 extended so that it is not requiredthat ferrule 4 be removed from the link inorder to give room in the oening 6 for the unseating of ferrule-tl2, but, it is only necessary toturn ferrule 4 sideways, as shown;

The ferrules used to form theretaining enlargements at the ends of thecables 3 and llfare, in both forms of-hooks illus trated, of greaterlength than diameter and must necessarily be turned axiallysubstantially'at ri ht angles to the axis of the'hook 'n order tateither one may be displaced herefrom. The construction is suchthat so'long'as' the ferruled enlargements are in normal, end to end functionalrelation, coaxial of the hook they'co-operate to prement of the ca e 3so that it will assume an angular position with respect to the axis ofthe hook and will, when thus displaced, i

provide as'sage for the removal of the ferruled en argement 12 of thecable 11.

It is obvious also that by shbrtening the ferrule 4, or, by lengtheningthe lateral opening 6 so that the distance between the end of theferrule and base of opening- 6 issubstantially. equal to thediameter. or

width'of the lower ferrule, it is not required then. that the upperferrule be dis laced in order to permlt'the lower one to e, ap-

plied or removed from the block, but it is only necessary that the lowerferrule be turned axially'ata right angle to the axis of theblock to beinserted into or removed from the latter. This alteration, however,

would not effect the inter-locking relation :of the ferrules solong asthey were; funcwtional'lyin end to end relation.

.:.Havm thus :described my invention,

-what"I"c aim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent,"is:

' 1. In combination, a pair of cables having ends equipped with.retaining enlargements :and a connecting block havin an .open space.therein 'for. containing s'ai enlargements functionally ...ininterlocked, relation against disconnection frommthe. block and fromawhich-hone of said; enlargements may be manuallydisplaced to providepassage for .iinlargeiifintgtoithegb g t 2. combination, a pair ofcables hat the' removalfrom orapphimtiodof the other ing ends equippedwith retaining enlargements and a connecting block having cablereceiving openings atits ends and having an interior space adapted toreceive and functionally contain said enlargements in end to endinterlocked relation a ainst disa placement, and havin a latera openingthrough which one 0 said enlargements may be displaced and disconnectedfrom the block after the other enlargement has been manually displacedlaterally from normal: functional position within the said interiorspace,

3. In combinatiomapair of cableshaving ends equipped with elongatedretaining 4. In combination, a pair of cables having f elongatedenlargements at their ends and a connecting bloc for said .ends havingan interior space for containing said ferruled ends in endto endrelation and having an cable is threaded and a slot communicatingwith'said axial opening'and extended longitudin'ally of the block topermit the cable axial opening-at one end through which one auditsenlargement to beturned angularly within the block and having an axialopening at its other end and a slot/opening therefrom laterally ofthelink for seating the other enlargement or for removing it'from theblock. a

' '5. In combination, a pair. of cables having ends equipped withelongated enlar ements and a connecting block for said cab es having aninterior, longitudinal space for contaming said enlargements in end toend interlocked. relation; said s ace havin an entrance opening atone ento one si e of -;th e block; \said block having an axial opening at oneend through which the first cable is threaded and a slot 00 unicatingwith said axial opening and extended longitudinally of the block adistance sufficient to permit the cable to be turned at an angle to theblock andits enlargement to be angularly displaced within the block endhavmg an axial opening at its other end connected with said entranceopening by means of a restrictedslot-through. whiclrthe secend cable maybe moved when the end 'en- 'largement'of the first cable is angularlydisllgccfiito disconnect or connect it with the f.- iaiambinaaafapm becables" ha'ving end s equipped with retaining enlargeand adapted toremoved from or applied ments and a connecting block therefor havto the.block when turned axially at-a right 10 ing an open space for containingsaid enangle to its functional position within the largernentsfunctionally in end to end reblock.

lation; one of said enlargements being of Signed at SeattletKing County,Washgrcater length than Width and normally ington, this 23rd day ofJuly, 1925. prevented from displacement, from the block i -v by endcontact with the other enlargement DON IS M. BARDON,

